For Ireland, More Austerity Is a Strain

By

Eamon Quinn

Oct. 7, 2012 8:13 p.m. ET

DUBLIN—Rising unemployment and the prospect of a long stretch of tepid economic growth have cast a shadow over Ireland's hopes of keeping its austerity plan on course as the country emerges from its financial crisis.

Ireland has been credited with having the best chances among other euro-zone countries that received financial bailouts—including Greece and Portugal—to successfully recover from a financial crisis, which in Ireland's...